Press Release: Joey “Minnesota Ice” Abell and Max Alexander were emerging as two prospects in the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions respectively. But in the last few months of the year, both were shocked with potentially crushing setbacks.  On Friday, February 9th at The Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, Abell and Alexander both have an opportunity to avenge those setbacks on “Can Lightning Strike Twice” when Abell takes on Arron Lyons in a scheduled six round heavyweight bout and Alexander battles Marty Lindquist in two of the most anticipated rematches in the recent memory in Philadelphia.


In the main event, Lyons (5-0) will attempt to validate his win over Abell last December 1st when he shocked The Legendary Blue Horizon crowd when he stopped Abell just 77 seconds into their scheduled four round heavyweight bout.   Just eight days after defeating Abell, Lyons scored a first round knockout over Othello Antonio Jackson in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.  Abell (10-1) got back in the win column with a six round stoppage over Larry White on January 12th. On October 14th, Max Alexander was set to face Marty Lindquist in what was supposed to be nothing more then a showcase. Lindquist had other ideas and landed a devastating punch that knocked Alexander out cold for ten minutes.  For a brief moment the crowd held their collective breath as Alexander lay motionless on the canvas. For a few days it was thought that Lindquist had scored a shocking upset with that ten second destruction of Alexander but Lindquist (12-4, 1 NC) had failed the post fight drug test and thus Alexander kept his undefeated (12-0-1, 1 NC) record intact.  On the undercard, Israeli Elad Shmouel (14-1) makes his fourth trip to America as he takes on Ryan Belasco (3-0-2) in a junior welterweight bout scheduled for six rounds. Tickets can be purchased by calling 215-763-0500.